Birthdays

Canon Reginald Askew, former Dean of King's College, London, 66; Mr Stuart Bell MP, 56; Mr Pierce Brosnan, actor, 43; Sir Colin Cole, former Garter Principal King of Arms, 72; Mr Don Concannon, former government minister, 64; Sir Nicholas Goodison, chairman, TSB Group, 60; Mr Jimmy Hood MP, 45; Mr Roy Hudd, comedian, 58; Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, President of The Gambia, 70; Mr Geraint Jones, conductor and organist, 77; Maj-Gen Sir Desmond Langley, former Governor of Bermuda, 64; Mr Peter Levi, poet and archaeologist, 63; Mr David Maclean MP, Minister of State for the Environment, 41; Mr John McWilliam MP, 53; Mr Richard Mason, author, 75; Miss Janet Maw, actress, 40; Professor Kenneth Morgan, Principal, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 60; Professor Gareth Roberts, Vice-Chancellor, Sheffield University, 54; The Right Rev Kenneth Skelton, former Bishop of Lichfield, 76; Mr Studs Louis Terkel, writer, 82; Mr John Walford, solicitor, 67; Lt-Gen Sir Antony Walker, former Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies, 60; Sir Charles Wilson, former Principal, Glasgow University, 85; Sir Russell Wood, former Deputy Treasurer to the Queen, 72.